Libs And Journos POUNCE On Gaza Hospital ‘Bombing’ — There’s Just One BIG Problem…
It appears that relying on the Hamas death cult for reliable information isn't such a great idea.
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A blast at a Christian-run hospital in Gaza on Tuesday caused outrage around the world.
There are now protests in Muslim countries as a result of that hospital “attack.”
But, as they say, the lie spread around the globe before the truth could even get its pants on.
The New York Times quickly reported, “Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say.”
Not long after, they updated the headline to include that Palestinians are reporting that “at least 500” people were killed in the strike.
They had to update the headline for a third time when questions arose that the “strike” wasn’t a strike at all, but a failed rocket attack by terrorists in Gaza. They kept the number of dead in the headline, though. Gotta keep attracting those outrage clicks!
In the clear light of day, the damage appears to have been the parking lot of the hospital and not the hospital itself.
Provisionally this image does not look consistent with an airstrike. In daylight it’s clear that the hospital building itself was not leveled but rather the cars in the parking lot may have ignited. https://t.co/Tty30VtA8i
— Murtaza Hussain (@MazMHussain) October 18, 2023
Kinda makes you wonder how 500 people died in a parking lot.
Daylight. The Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza still stands. Local footage shows all buildings intact. There are no rescue workers pulling bodies from rubble. There are no bodies. There is no rubble.
A tragedy happened. Innocents died. But it wasn’t as reported yesterday. pic.twitter.com/5EEoLV4q5X
— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) October 18, 2023
Even if people had been sheltering in the chapel, they’d have perhaps had some cuts from the broken stained glass at worst.
Update on the chapel at the Ahli Hospital in Gaza, the building lost several of its stained glass windows in the explosion, but otherwise appears to be intact. pic.twitter.com/LTnEqXe35V
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 18, 2023
Admittedly, there were people in the area who are now homeless because Hamas instigated a war with the horrific terror attack on October 7. But let’s also be clear that’s not all because of the Israeli response — Hamas uses homemade rockets with a high failure rate. Many don’t reach their intended target and fall on their own people. They often blame these failed rocket launches on Israeli attacks.
The possible impact crater isn’t all that big in the grand scheme of things.
Possible impact crater at the Ahli Hospital in Gaza, roughly 1×1 meter, maybe 30cm deep. pic.twitter.com/ue28AfX0rM
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 18, 2023
To contrast, here’s the difference between the size of the crater at the hospital and the impact of an Israeli strike.
To those eagerly spreading the lies of terrorists – here’s what an IDF armament crater looks like compared to the parking lot of Ahli #hospital hit by Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket. Just another lie you gobbled up, courtesy of some lazy pro terror journalists. @anilkantony pic.twitter.com/ruzLTfjv4r
— Ohad Nakash Kaynar (@KaynarOhad) October 18, 2023
A significant amount of evidence appears to show that this was clearly a failed rocket attack by Hamas.
If you’re just waking up now: so it turns out yesterday’s New York Times headline, “Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say,” was a big lie. NYT just relied on the Hamas terrorist organization. See incredible admission below by the terrorists themselves. https://t.co/HnIUhhUqpw pic.twitter.com/YnJB83LUzT
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 18, 2023
An intercepted call between two terrorists appears to confirm that the rocket was launched from the cemetery behind the hospital by Hamas’s fellow terrorists, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Incredible: intercepted call by Hamas operatives discussing the rocket that landed on a Gaza hospital, in which they realize it was fired by Palestinian terrorists from a nearby cemetery.
Below: Amnesty International’s @AgnesCallamard rushed to blame Israel, hasn’t retracted. https://t.co/MArF18Joi5 pic.twitter.com/JH47gxX7TI
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 18, 2023
When the news first broke, however, Libs and Journos were quick to believe the Palestinian reports that Israel targeted the hospital in a strike.
Never tell me this guy is one of the good ones again. pic.twitter.com/6PDQ73eUV5
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) October 18, 2023
Pro-Palestinian members of the far-left Democrat “Squad” were quick to pounce on the news as evidence of how awful Israel is.
But it wasn’t just the far-left Squad — the fake news journos joined in.
WaPo reporter Karen Attiah who reposted a tweet reveling in the Hamas terror attack as what “decolonization” looked like…
It’s truly shocking to see ppl like @KarenAttiah of @washingtonpost -who regularly posts pics of her cat & her workouts- reveal themselves as rabid antisemites who think decapitating Israeli babies is A-ok in the name of “decolonization” & that you are a “loser” if you disagree pic.twitter.com/8wWpA79iZL
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 10, 2023
…didn’t think it was possible for a Palestinian terrorist rocket to do that much damage to a hospital. Of course, we know now that the hospital wasn’t leveled and there was just a small crater in the parking lot.
A basic critical, technical question of the hospital bombing: To ask whether a typical Hamas rocket is even capable of that much damage?
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) October 17, 2023
More basic critical questions:
Has the IDF flattened safe spaces before? Has Hamas had the firepower to take out such large targets? Are either side going to allow independent investigators in?
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) October 18, 2023
But then, we shouldn’t be surprised. She thinks that the claim that Hamas uses civilians as human shields is an “Islamophobic trope”. Reminder — the Palestinian terrorists launched a rocket from a cemetery over a hospital. Tablet Magazine reported in 2014 that it was the “worst kept secret” that Hamas’s organizational headquarters was under the Shifa Hospital in Northern Gaza.
Holy mackerel! @Washingtonpost columnist @KarenAttiah retweets this assertion that “The claim that Hamas uses people as “human shields” is an Islamophobic trope”! https://t.co/zUjXMI5Iu6 pic.twitter.com/0VMJaygTzo
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) October 18, 2023
It’s just an Islamophobic trope, guys. Trust her, she’s a Washington Post journalist.
An L.A. Times reporter who wanted Israel to provide evidence that Hamas terrorists beheaded Jewish babies…
The only source for “Hamas beheaded babies” appears to be the Israeli military, which is widely known to spread lies and disinformation
Journalists, this is the fog of war. You’ll be seeing all sorts of claims. Don’t amplify unverified, sensational info https://t.co/7tiCNAj3j9
— Adam Elmahrek (@adamelmahrek) October 10, 2023
…also wanted Israel to provide proof that it didn’t attack the hospital. He, too, was skeptical of the claim that a failed Palestinian rocket could be to blame for the hospital damage. He did not, however, have the same skepticism of the claims of a destroyed hospital and hundreds dead. Why would he? It confirmed his priors.
Really good example of the kind of reporting I’ve been calling on my colleagues to do: https://t.co/jOnxJebsot
— Adam Elmahrek (@adamelmahrek) October 17, 2023
Seeing lots of reporting saying “both sides” say the other caused the hospital bombing.
If you’re not making it clear that Palestinian rockets haven’t historically been able to kill more than one or two at a time, you’re not doing this right https://t.co/kEmsmvhC2d
— Adam Elmahrek (@adamelmahrek) October 17, 2023
Update: Daylight now shows the hospital wasn’t so damaged as to be “leveled.” I would still add the caveat that Palestinian rockets aren’t known to be that powerful.
We can only wait and see what further reporting/analysis shows
— Adam Elmahrek (@adamelmahrek) October 18, 2023
Placing this here for posterity, and to correct the record. The size of the explosion led me and many others to believe destruction at the hospital was more extensive. Daylight photos now show the hospital wasn’t so badly damaged as to be “leveled.” pic.twitter.com/wJ6j5HIkje
— Adam Elmahrek (@adamelmahrek) October 18, 2023
It also appears that NBC’s “disinformation expert” was just as quick to #BelieveAllPalestinians.
The disinformation is coming from inside the house https://t.co/cAwZJVMYld
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) October 18, 2023
The tweets are still up despite the evidence that the rocket was a failed launch from inside Gaza.
Al Jazeera footage shows the moment that the rocket launched from Gaza misfired.
#BREAKING: Hamas-loving Al-Jazeera ACCIDENTALLY reports the truth
The terrorist supporting network captured and ran live the moment an Islamic Jihad rocket misfired, hitting the hospital in Gaza, and killing hundreds of innocent civilians.pic.twitter.com/JTK2BvShs4
— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) October 17, 2023
Here is a reporter from the Times of Israel sharing surveillance footage confirming what was aired on Al Jazeera.
Surveillance camera footage from Netiv Haasara shows a large barrage of rockets being launched from northern Gaza, followed by a massive blast in the Strip, apparently caused by a failed projectile. pic.twitter.com/PdNCbks02r
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) October 17, 2023
As the news was changing in real-time, the New York Times had to change its headline more than once.
It’s like the “Homer into the Bushes” meme just with NYT pic.twitter.com/w2lOIwUgTc
— American Prometheus (@daniopp) October 17, 2023
It should be noted that they also used a photo that was not of the hospital site at all.
Great point ⬇️ https://t.co/NqBnXnluPF pic.twitter.com/MF18T6jpsi
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) October 18, 2023
As if that wasn’t enough, The New York Slime stealth-edited the content in the article, too.
Without any note of the change, @NYTimes revises map from “Location of Hospital Airstrike” to “Location of Hospital Explosion” and “Hundreds killed in airstrike” to “Hundreds killed in explosion”https://t.co/H6XlBnwQzz pic.twitter.com/R904pipq98
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) October 17, 2023
Truly, we do not hate these lying rat-bastard journos enough.
Look, I get it “fog of war” and all that, but come on… they’re the ones that are supposed to be telling us what is going on in the world. Instead, they’re pushing leftwing narratives and uncritically parroting terrorist propaganda.
But hear me out… there are verified sources that can independently confirm some of this stuff.
An account that uses geolocating for analysis confirms the intercepted audio.
GeoConfirmed ISR-PAL.
A missile launched by Palestinian Groups exploded mid-air and one of the pieces fell on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital’s yard.
31.504822, 34.46169
Before reacting READ our thread.https://t.co/qbpUGQk89o
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— GeoConfirmed (@GeoConfirmed) October 17, 2023
X user AGHamilton posted a thorough thread on the evidence.
There is drone footage from before and after that shows the same as above. Also inconsistent with an airstrike. https://t.co/3DoImxFppa
— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 18, 2023
It is also worth noting that the photos of the scene are also not consistent with any of the casualty numbers that were quickly released by Hamas’ health ministry and cited throughout the media yesterday. Even if there were a significant number of refugees in the parking lot. https://t.co/kpEZNjOS9L
— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 18, 2023
We have video from the Israeli side of the barrage of rockets being launched followed immediately by the explosion nearby almost immediately after. pic.twitter.com/bULK61fiOE
— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 18, 2023
Analysis of the Al-Jazeera livestream location confirms the missile fell on the hospital. https://t.co/bsVzc5vsiL https://t.co/d0aEJGf3CD
— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 18, 2023
More footage of the damage. Surrounding buildings appear structurally untouched and almost all the damage in the parking lot. https://t.co/PgbpdYm5Eh
— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 18, 2023
I should note that while there is little evidence the hospital was damaged and the casualty counts from Hamas are clearly unreliable/inconsistent w evidence, there is evidence of substantial casualties among the people that were gathered on the grass next to the parking lot. https://t.co/NixITXYybO
— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 18, 2023
The problem as identified by the senior editor of The Federalist is that far too many journos are sympathetic to Hamas.
The media’s hospital-bombing failure mirrors many other failures of the past decade. They are credulous when claims comport with their worldview or they are accomplices. Doesn’t really matter.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) October 18, 2023
Not trusting the information given to you by terrorists is actually quite easy. (Though it’s true that many reporters at these outlets are sympathetic to Hamas. But that’s an institutional failure.) https://t.co/xb928q7w9C
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) October 18, 2023
Journalism is broken because of institutional capture and it’s apparently a feature, not a bug. There isn’t much “investigative reporting” in news outlets anymore and they’ve mixed opinion with reporting. We openly do that at ClashDaily, and we now have a disclaimer on our articles that include opinion.
The totalitarians in the media only want their views shown with no disclaimer, and that is a problem.
The reason that trust in media continues to decline is because we’re forced to rely more and more on social media keyboard warriors to sift through the facts and hold our “Fourth Estate” elites accountable for spreading false information.